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resignable

resignable adjective: able to be resigned.

Adjective

resignable (comparative more resignable, superlative most resignable)

  1. Able to be resigned.
    • Perhaps for the first time the presidency was to be considered a resignable office.2012, Bob Woodward, Shadow: Five Presidents And The Legacy Of Watergate
  2. Completely lost.
    • The ending is resignable for White, down two pawns, with nothing to show for it.2015, Cyrus Lakdawala, 1…b6: Move by Move

Forms of resignable

comparativemore resignable
superlativemost resignable

Origin of resignable

From resign + -able.

Questions about resignable

What does resignable mean?
Resignable means able to be resigned.
What part of speech is resignable?
Resignable is an adjective.

Words near resignable in the dictionary

  1. resights
  2. resiglitazone
  3. resign
  4. resign oneself
  5. resign'd
  6. resignable
  7. resignal
  8. resignaled
  9. resignaling
  10. resignalled
  11. resignalling

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